Patents by Inventor Massimo Osella
Massimo Osella has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20230024419Abstract: A method and system for dynamically configurable remote data collection from a subject vehicle in response to a task-specific data query is described. This includes the subject vehicle, and a second controller that wirelessly communicates with the subject vehicle, wherein the second controller is an off-board controller that is located remote from the subject vehicle. In one embodiment, the off-board controller is an element of a cloud computing system.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2021Publication date: January 26, 2023Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Chuan Li, Fan Bai, Donald K. Grimm, Massimo Osella, Nikhil L. Hoskeri, Wardah J. Khan
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Patent number: 11539797Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for communicating trailer information from a trailer to a vehicle. In one embodiment, the method includes: a plurality of zone-based modules configured to communicate with at least one of sensors and actuators of a vehicle; and at least one command center module configured to communicate with the plurality of zone-based modules. The at least one of the plurality of zone-based modules includes a configuration sub-module configured to, by a processor, facilitate communication of the trailer information from the trailer to at least one other of the plurality of zone-based modules. Each of the plurality of zone-based modules includes a configuration sub-module configured to, by a processor, facilitate communication of the trailer information between the plurality of zone-based modules.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2021Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Soheil Samii, Mohammad Naserian, Massimo Osella
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Publication number: 20220239744Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for communicating trailer information from a trailer to a vehicle. In one embodiment, the method includes: a plurality of zone-based modules configured to communicate with at least one of sensors and actuators of a vehicle; and at least one command center module configured to communicate with the plurality of zone-based modules. The at least one of the plurality of zone-based modules includes a configuration sub-module configured to, by a processor, facilitate communication of the trailer information from the trailer to at least one other of the plurality of zone-based modules. Each of the plurality of zone-based modules includes a configuration sub-module configured to, by a processor, facilitate communication of the trailer information between the plurality of zone-based modules.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2021Publication date: July 28, 2022Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Soheil Samii, Mohammad Naserian, Massimo Osella
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Patent number: 11318953Abstract: A vehicle, operating system of a vehicle and a method of operating a vehicle is disclosed. A local electronic control unit is operated at the vehicle in order to control the vehicle. A backup electronic control unit is operated at a remote computing platform for control of the vehicle. A control of the vehicle is transferred from the local electronic control unit to the backup electronic control unit upon occurrence of a fault at the local electronic control unit.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2019Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Soheil Samii, Bo Yu, Fan Bai, Massimo Osella
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Patent number: 11126744Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for preserving privacy of data collected from a vehicle. In one embodiment, a method includes: receiving, by a processor, privacy preferences entered by a user of the vehicle; receiving, by the processor, the data collected from the vehicle; distorting, by the processor, the data; downsampling, by the processor, the distorted data based on the privacy preferences; and communicating, by the processor, the downsampled, distorted vehicle data to a third-party entity.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2018Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Mert Dieter Pesé, Evripidis Paraskevas, Fan Bai, Massimo Osella, Soheil Samii
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Publication number: 20210094559Abstract: A vehicle, operating system of a vehicle and a method of operating a vehicle is disclosed. A local electronic control unit is operated at the vehicle in order to control the vehicle. A backup electronic control unit is operated at a remote computing platform for control of the vehicle. A control of the vehicle is transferred from the local electronic control unit to the backup electronic control unit upon occurrence of a fault at the local electronic control unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2019Publication date: April 1, 2021Inventors: Soheil Samii, Bo Yu, Fan Bai, Massimo Osella
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Publication number: 20210075800Abstract: Presented herein are intrusion detection systems and algorithms for networked vehicle controllers and devices, methods for making/using such systems and algorithms, and motor vehicles with a network of ECUs and network-profiling intrusion detection capabilities. A method for detecting intrusions into an onboard network of vehicle controllers includes determining the current state of operation of a vehicle, and identifying a network traffic pattern table corresponding to the vehicle's current state of operation. Network traffic flow for one of the in-vehicle controllers is monitored when exchanging data over the Ethernet communication interface while the motor vehicle is operating in the current state of operation. The method then determines if a traffic characteristic of the monitored network traffic flow is outside a calibrated boundary that is determined from the network traffic pattern table.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2017Publication date: March 11, 2021Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Evripidis Paraskevas, Yuchen Zhou, Unmesh Dutta Bordoloi, Massimo Osella, Michael E. Potts
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Publication number: 20200175193Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for preserving privacy of data collected from a vehicle. In one embodiment, a method includes: receiving, by a processor, privacy preferences entered by a user of the vehicle; receiving, by the processor, the data collected from the vehicle; distorting, by the processor, the data; downsampling, by the processor, the distorted data based on the privacy preferences; and communicating, by the processor, the downsampled, distorted vehicle data to a third-party entity.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2018Publication date: June 4, 2020Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Mert Dieter Pesé, Evripidis Paraskevas, Fan Bai, Massimo Osella, Soheil Samii
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Patent number: 10632862Abstract: An electric power system includes an energy recovery system that is operable to convert kinetic energy into electric energy at a first voltage. A primary energy storage device is electrically connected to the energy recovery system at the first voltage. A first voltage autonomous driving system load is disposed in a parallel circuit with the energy recovery system and the primary energy storage device. A bi-directional DC-DC converter is electrically connected to the energy recovery system and the primary energy storage device for converting the electric energy between the first voltage and a second voltage. A secondary energy storage device is electrically connected to the bi-directional DC-DC converter at the second voltage. A second voltage autonomous driving system load is disposed in a parallel circuit with the secondary energy storage device.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2018Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLCInventors: Venkata Prasad Atluri, Chandra S. Namuduri, Massimo Osella, Upali P. Mudalige, Nikhil L. Hoskeri
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Publication number: 20200117495Abstract: A method of zone controlling of features and functions of a vehicle is provided. The zone controlling includes a backbone, which is communicatively coupled to a connected compute center and zone modules, communicating inputs and outputs with respect to the features and the functions. The connected compute center host processing operations that control the features and the functions of the vehicle based on the inputs and outputs communicated via the backbone. The zone modules distribute the inputs and outputs to and from the features and the functions of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2019Publication date: April 16, 2020Inventors: Soheil Samii, Asher Waldfogel, Massimo Osella, Fan Bai
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Patent number: 10575155Abstract: Method and system for interfacing a plurality of providers and a plurality of recipients that are independently located with a unified vehicle service framework having a quality of service filter and a broker module. A first cloud unit has at least one of the plurality of providers and the plurality of recipients. A first vehicle and a second vehicle each respectively have another at least one of the plurality of providers and the plurality of recipients. A second cloud unit has yet another at least one of the plurality of providers and the plurality of recipients. The unified vehicle service framework is configured to receive a subscription request and determine whether it is granted based in part on a quality of service score assigned by the quality of service filter. When the subscription request is granted, respective services from plurality of providers are routed through the broker module.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2019Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLCInventors: Fan Bai, Thomas E. Fuhrman, Soheil Samii, Prathap Venugopal, Massimo Osella
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Asymmetric system architecture for fail-operational functions with limited availability requirements
Patent number: 10459436Abstract: A vehicle system controller having an asymmetric system architecture and a method of operating the vehicle system controller is provided. The vehicle system controller includes a primary controller and a secondary controller in communications with the vehicle systems. Each of the controllers include a memory unit containing software application and a processor for executing the software to generate commands for the vehicle systems. The memory unit of the secondary controller contains only a subset of the total software applications contained in the memory unit of the primary controller. The subset of software applications is only for the operation of pre-identified features of the vehicle systems. The vehicle systems are configured to default to commands from the primary controller, but switches to the commands from the secondary controller for a predetermined length of time if the primary controller becomes fail-silent.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2017Date of Patent: October 29, 2019Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Soheil Samii, David A. Bodenmiller, Massimo Osella -
Patent number: 10386899Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for controlling a temperature of a processor of a controller. In one embodiment, a method includes: identifying a status of at least one task of a plurality of software tasks performed on a first processor to be a hot task based on the software task's contribution to a temperature of the first processor; and selectively controlling the temperature of the first processor based on the identified status.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2017Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Shige Wang, Mark A. Zerbini, Unmesh Dutta Bordoloi, Soheil Samii, Massimo Osella
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Publication number: 20190232793Abstract: An electric power system includes an energy recovery system that is operable to convert kinetic energy into electric energy at a first voltage. A primary energy storage device is electrically connected to the energy recovery system at the first voltage. A first voltage autonomous driving system load is disposed in a parallel circuit with the energy recovery system and the primary energy storage device. A bi-directional DC-DC converter is electrically connected to the energy recovery system and the primary energy storage device for converting the electric energy between the first voltage and a second voltage. A secondary energy storage device is electrically connected to the bi-directional DC-DC converter at the second voltage. A second voltage autonomous driving system load is disposed in a parallel circuit with the secondary energy storage device.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2018Publication date: August 1, 2019Applicant: GM Global Technology Operations LLCInventors: Venkata Prasad Atluri, Chandra S. Namuduri, Massimo Osella, Upali P. Mudalige, Nikhil L. Hoskeri
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METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING MISSION-CRITICAL APPLICATIONS VIA COMPUTATIONAL CLOUD OFFLOADING
Publication number: 20190047581Abstract: A vehicle, a computer system for driving the vehicle and a method of operating the vehicle. The vehicle includes an embedded processor. The embedded processor receives an instruction to perform a computational task involving an operation of the vehicle and offloads the computer task to a remote processor. The remote processor receive the offloaded computational task from the embedded processor, performs the computational task to obtain a partial result, and provide the partial result to the embedded processor. The embedded processor performs the computational task starting with the partial results provided by the remote processor.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2017Publication date: February 14, 2019Inventors: Fan Bai, Soheil Samii, Massimo Osella -
Publication number: 20190050032Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for controlling a temperature of a processor of a controller. In one embodiment, a method includes: identifying a status of at least one task of a plurality of software tasks performed on a first processor to be a hot task based on the software task's contribution to a temperature of the first processor; and selectively controlling the temperature of the first processor based on the identified status.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2017Publication date: February 14, 2019Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Shige Wang, Mark A. Zerbini, Unmesh Dutta Bordoloi, Soheil Samii, Massimo Osella
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Publication number: 20180361956Abstract: An instrument panel and instrument cluster electrical and data interconnection are provided. An instrument panel is adapted to receive an instrument cluster, and the instrument panel includes a first transceiver arranged to provide a wireless electric power signal. The instrument cluster is adapted to be disposed within the instrument panel, and includes a second transceiver wirelessly coupled to the first transceiver to receive the wireless electric power signal. The second transceiver is further coupled to an instrument within the instrument cluster to provide energizing electric power to the instrument responsive to the wireless electric power signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2017Publication date: December 20, 2018Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: KOBI J. SCHEIM, GREGORY M. CASTILLO, MASSIMO OSELLA
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ASYMMETRIC SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE FOR FAIL-OPERATIONAL FUNCTIONS WITH LIMITED AVAILABILITY REQUIREMENTS
Publication number: 20180348754Abstract: A vehicle system controller having an asymmetric system architecture and a method of operating the vehicle system controller is provided. The vehicle system controller includes a primary controller and a secondary controller in communications with the vehicle systems. Each of the controllers include a memory unit containing software application and a processor for executing the software to generate commands for the vehicle systems. The memory unit of the secondary controller contains only a subset of the total software applications contained in the memory unit of the primary controller. The subset of software applications is only for the operation of pre-identified features of the vehicle systems. The vehicle systems are configured to default to commands from the primary controller, but switches to the commands from the secondary controller for a predetermined length of time if the primary controller becomes fail-silent.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2017Publication date: December 6, 2018Inventors: Soheil Samii, David A. Bodenmiller, Massimo Osella -
Patent number: 10037016Abstract: A modified dual-duplex fail-operational control system. A primary controller includes a first processing unit and a second processing unit for executing a function. A first comparative module comparing the function results from the first and second processing unit to determine an error the first controller. A second controller includes a first processing unit and second processing unit. The first processing unit executes the function. The second processing unit operating in a non-redundant state and not executing the function while in the non-redundant state. A second comparative module determines whether an error is present in the second controller.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2016Date of Patent: July 31, 2018Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLCInventors: Soheil Samii, Markus Jochim, Thomas E. Fuhrman, Massimo Osella
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Patent number: 9952948Abstract: A method for fault tolerant controller readiness. Executing functions by a first controller operating in a primary status mode. Operating in a hot standby status mode by a second controller and mirroring the first controller by executing functions to operate as a redundant controller. Operating in a cold standby status mode by at least one backup controller under normal operating conditions. The second controller is reconfigured while operating under normal operating conditions from the hot standby status mode to the primary standby status mode if a failure occurs in the first controller. Reconfiguring the at least one backup controller operating under normal operating conditions from cold standby status mode to hot standby status mode to operate as a redundant controller in response to the reconfiguring the second controller from the hot standby status mode to the primary status mode.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2016Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLCInventors: Soheil Samii, Thomas E. Fuhrman, Massimo Osella